Awilda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Awilda

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,725 babies named Awilda between 1916 and 1998, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Awilda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 89 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Awilda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 615 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Awilda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,014 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Awilda in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Awilda in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,725 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.